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The victory of Jair Bolsonaro is the result of a fracture, not only between the North and the South, but between the rich and the poor.
THE WORLD
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By Decoders
His victory confirms the turn to the right all in South America: winning 55.1% of the 104.8 million votes at stake, Jair Bolsonaro was elected Sunday, October 28 President of Brazil. The right-wing candidate is at the head of a country deeply divided politically, thirty years after the return of democracy.
All the south and west of the country, whose per capita income is higher and the density is lower, voted in favor of the far-right candidate. This is true in the states of Rondonia and Mato Grosso to the west, the main deforestation areas of the country.
This is even more true in the south-east of the country in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais. These four states produce about 60 percent of Brazil's GDP and are predominantly white, accounting for 55 percent of their population, according to the 2010 census, just over the national average of 47 percent.
The northeastern part of the country, where GDP per capita is the lowest and the density is average, has more widely voted in favor of the candidate of the Workers Party, Fernando Haddad. This region is also home to the least descendants of European settlers, and the highest proportion of descendants of African slaves.
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